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Syrian conflict: timeline of a humanitarian crisis
A dark anniversary passes this week in Syria as the country marks four years since the bloody conflict began. We take a look at the timeline of events that brought the country to its knees.
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Syria four years on: how we have covered the conflict
Four years on from the start of the Syria conflict in March 2011, the battle rages, as more than 200,000 people have died. Channel 4 News takes a look at the most powerful stories from the civil war.
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Syria’s lights go out – satellite images show devastation
Four years of civil war have plunged the country in to darkness – with new analysis of satellite imagery showing that 83 per cent of lights in the country have gone out.
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Cage: human rights advocates or apologists for terror?
A Muslim group is under fire after claiming that Mohammed Emwazi or ‘Jihadi John’ turned to violence after being harassed by the British security services. What do we know about Cage?
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Islamic State child ‘executes Israeli spy’ in new video
The Islamic State group posts a video showing a child executing a man accused of joining the jihadi group in order to spy on it for Israeli security services.
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Peak beard – is it hair today, gone tomorrow?
Beards have been in vogue for a few years now, but big beards are having their moment too. So have we really passed “peak beard” – or is the best yet to come?
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Chemistry teacher jailed for six years for terror offences
A Manchester chemistry teacher whose family hid his passport to try and stop him from going to Syria has been jailed for six years for planning to fight with Islamic State.
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US envoy to South Korea ‘in great spirits’ after attack
The US ambassador to South Korea says he is “doing well”, after being slashed with a razor by a political extremist at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture.
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How west London became an extremism hotbed
Mohammed Emwazi grew up in Shepherd’s Bush and Queen’s Park, areas of north west London that have had a long and uncomfortable history of radical extremism. Channel 4 News looks back.
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Rifkind to step down as MP over ‘cash for access’ claims
Conservative MP Malcolm Rifkind resigns as chair of parliament’s intelligence and security committee and announces he will step down as an MP at the general election.
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Straw and Rifkind suspended over ‘cash for access’ claims
Two former foreign secretaries are suspended from their parties after accusations they were prepared to use their positions to benefit a private company in return for money.
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FactCheck: have pro-Russian separatists broken the ceasefire?
Pro-Russian separatists have been accused of breaching Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire. But Moscow says they have done nothing wrong. Who’s right?
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Teenage British soldier ‘joins Kurds to fight IS’
The Ministry of Defence confirms it is investigating reports that a soldier has left his Cyprus base to join Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting militants from the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
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Danish police shoot dead terror suspect
The man believed to have carried out attacks at a Copenhagen cafe and synagogue, killing two people, is shot after firing at officers.
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One dead after Copenhagen cafe shooting
Danish police say one civilian died after dozens of bullets were sprayed at a Copenhagen cafe where an artist who published pictures of the prophet Mohammed was attending a meeting.